side by side
adverb
1
: beside one another
walking side by side
2
: in the same place, time, or circumstance
lived peacefully side by side for many years
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In an Instagram post shared on Sunday, Nov. 3, Shields placed the images side by side.
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
An aerial photo of the exercise showed the two carriers steaming side by side, with fighter jets overhead and at least 11 support ships from their carrier strike groups trailing.
—Edward Szekeres and Brad Lendon, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
The side by side comparison highlights other tweaks, including the addition of a red lip instead of the green lipstick of the film poster.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Getting humans comfortable with the idea of working side by side with machines that look like they’ve been pulled straight for a sci-fi horror film may take time as well.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
An aerial photo of the exercise showed the two carriers steaming side by side, with fighter jets overhead and at least 11 support ships from their carrier strike groups trailing.
—Edward Szekeres and Brad Lendon, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
The side by side comparison highlights other tweaks, including the addition of a red lip instead of the green lipstick of the film poster.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Getting humans comfortable with the idea of working side by side with machines that look like they’ve been pulled straight for a sci-fi horror film may take time as well.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Side by side.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/side%20by%20side. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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